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Worthless Guide to Social Graces - Part 4: Japanese Culture

Japan!
They don’t call it The City of Angels for nothing. Many people live
there, and a number events have been known to take place within its borders. But this article isn’t about any of that. It’s just
that I’ve gotten a number of imaginary requests for a complete list of
thirty-one (31) things which are considered shameful and impolite in Japan.
So here, I’ve finally posted it. This will be the final article in the social graces series. Be careful out there.

Trying to guess the make and model of a car at night by its headlights

Pressing the Page Up key on any Japanese keyboard without good reason

Lashing (or pretending to lash) an adult horse with a whip

Lip-syncing in front of a crowd while sweating bullets

Jogging in place while wearing a striped tracksuit

Renting any boat or electric scooter with ill intent

Wondering what would happen if gravity reversed and we all fell into the sky

Deliberately coming in first in a pinewood derby

Shouting out “Rah!” in a no parking zone in a futile attempt to ward off evil spirits

That's pretty much it. Well, there is one more item on this list, but it's: "Listing everything that’s considered shameful in Japan." If I were to put that on the list, obviously that would be a major social blunder. So I won't.